1968 in India
Events in the year 1968 in the Federal Republic of India.
Incumbents
- President of India – Zakir Husain
- Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi
- Vice President of India – V. V. Giri
- Chief Justice of India – Kailas Nath Wanchoo, Mohammad Hidayatullah
Governors
- Andhra Pradesh – Pattom A. Thanu Pillai, Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
- Assam – Vishnu Sahay, Braj Kumar Nehru
- Bihar – Nityanand Kanungo
- Gujarat – Shriman Narayan
- Haryana – Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
- Jammu and Kashmir – Bhagwan Sahay
- Karnataka – Gopal Swarup Pathak
- Kerala – Bhagwan Sahay, V. Viswanathan
- Madhya Pradesh – K. Chengalaraya Reddy
- Maharashtra – P V Cherian
- Nagaland – Vishnu Sahay, B.K. Nehru
- Odisha – Ajudhia Nath Khosla, Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
- Punjab, India|Punjab] – Dadappa Chintappa Pavate
- Rajasthan – Sardar Hukam Singh
- Uttar Pradesh – Bezawada Gopala Reddy
- West Bengal – Dharma Vira
Events
- National income - 398,141 million
- 10 Jan - President of India withdraws emergency declared in 1962 as part of Sino-Indian War.
- 20 Feb –
- * The Beatles, Mia Farrow, and several other celebrities visit the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India to study transcendental meditation.
- * West Bengal was put under President's rule under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, after the collapse of its coalition government and the resignation of Chief Minister P. C. Ghosh.
- 25 Feb - Rajeev Gandhi son of Indira Gandhi married an Italian named Sonia Maino.
- 29 Feb - Auroville established in Pondicherry with presence of 124 countries.
- 1 April - Tata Consultancy Services established as Tata Computer Systems.
- 8 April - The first political murder of Kannur takes place at Thalassery resulting in death of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker's death.
- 12 April -
- * National Textile Corporation incorporated.
- * Indira Gandhi announced in Rae Bareilly that India will not sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
- 19 April - The first communal riots of Kanara region occurred in Mangalore leaving 28 injured and widespread arson.
- 25 Dec - Kilvenmani massacre, 44 Dalits burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu.
- Three-language formula introduced through National Policy on Education
Law
- 18 Jan - Official Language resolution passed by both houses of Parliament.
- 16 May - Public Provident Fund introduced through an act by the Parliament of India.
- 20 Aug - Enemy Property Act, 1968
Births
- 10 January Atul Khatri, comedian
- 21 January
- *Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Carnatic vocalist.
- *Sundar C, actor and film director.
- 26 January Ravi Teja, actor.
- 1 March – Kunjarani Devi, weightlifter.
- 23 March – Srikanth (Telugu actor), actor.
- 19 April – Arshad Warsi, actor.
- 24 May – Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS officer.
- 14 June – Raj Thackeray, founder and president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
- 2 July Gautami, actress and politician.
- 6 July Singampuli, actor and director.
- 16 July – Dhanraj Pillay, field hockey player.
- 20 July S. J. Suryah, actor and director.
- 15 August
- *Anil Kumar Awana, politician.
- *Kailash Chandra Gahtori, politician.
- 16 August – Arvind Kejriwal, politician
- 23 August – KK, playback singer.
- 18 September Upendra, actor, director and politician.
- 27 September – Rahul Dev, actor and model.
- 29 September – Samir Soni, actor.
- 9 November – Neelam, former actress, jewellery designer.
- 25 December - Sampath Raj, actor.
Full date unknown
- Abu Salem, mobster.
Deaths
- A. R. Krishnashastry, writer, researcher and translator.
- 19 November – Shri Rang Avadhoot, Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya,